It is hard to believe that when I mention to folks that with Obama we could be heading toward socialism I get those who actually welcome it. I have to think that they do not understand what it means. How it will impact them or change their daily life. Now, I have to admit that I am not fully educated on the matter but I do know that socialism for one, it takes away an individual’s right to choose in so many ways. The individual becomes non-existent as everyone becomes part of the collective. Think of it as a bee hive. There is the queen and the workers. We, the worker bees, will have our lives cut out and guided for us. Just like the individual worker bee has no right to do what he wants, neither will we. Where we work is controlled as well as the types of goods we can buy. Most products will have a set price so why would anyone want to make a better product. They can’t charge more for it so quality goes away. Business will be so controlled by government that it will become impossible to make a decent profit. Regulations on what you can make and how will strangle most right out.
Another thing we can toss away is what we “thought” we gained on Drill Here Drill Now. That idea is over. As soon as President Elect Obama takes office Reed and Pelosy will have the expired drilling bans placed back on Anwar (ANWR) Alaska and Off Shore. And because gasoline prices have gone back down, most of the American’s that voted for Obama will not care a whit. They will think that as long as the Democrats control ALL of government, the prices will stay down. How nieve is that thought? Then, once the prices skyrocket back up, this time breaking the $5.00 a gallon average price barrier, they will start to cry again. The argument will then again be.. it will take 10 years to get things going so why bother. If we could just keep going on the drilling now we would be able to prevent the price of oil from going back up over $140 per barrel.
It truly is so hard to believe how quickly people forget and become complacent. While some of us actually see what is very likely to happen. I honestly do not want to say “I told you so”.
Well, it is official, Obama has won the Presidency of the United States. It is time to get ready for the revolution to Socialism and crown the new President. Just be wary, those if us who voted for McCain. Obama’s new CSF troops will be marking those that oppose him. Oh in case you haven’t been paying attention to what he is recorded to have said.. CSF is his new Civilian Security Force. Let’s see, who was the last Dict.. I mean leader that had one of those? Hmm, oh yes. it was HITLER!
Yes, it has been a long time since I posted anything here. There has been so much going on and I just haven’t taken the time to write. So much has happened. I am not OTR anymore. (Over the Road) driving got to be too hard so I took a local job here in the Vancouver area. Yes, still driving but home every evening and weekends. Here is a picture of my new ride. Well, it isn’t new but it does the job.
More to come.. I promise to post more of what is going on tomorrow night. 
During this run to New Orleans in which I took 6 large capacity water pumps down after hurricane Mustav I finally got to go through Nashville. Marie and Don rounded everyone up and brought them all to meet with me so I could visit for a while. They told my grandson Logan all about his grandpa and he couldn’t wait to see me. I could not believe how he just jumped out of the carseat and into my arms. He began right away to tell me about his little cars and how he liked the San Diego Chargers. This from a smart little three year old.
I also got to meet my daughter-in-law Lauren. She is real nice. Her and Jeremy got married about a year ago.
Thoren is with Barbara now and she is like a mother to Logan. A real nice woman that Thoren better take good care of.
Many thanks to Don and Marie for making this visit possible. AND buying dinner for everyone.
This is one of the nice things about trucking. That I get to go places I wouldn’t normally get to go. I got a load out of the Spokane, WA area that ended up here in Montgomery, NY. I had to sit here for a little while waiting on a new load when I discovered that Orange County Choppers was just up the highway from where I was. So….. You can bet that I beat feet up there so I could say: “Been there done that…AND… Bought the T-Shirt”! I have a few pictures added to the Gallery of some nice bikes I saw there. Good thing that Paul Sr. wasn’t there for I would have had to challenge him to arm wrestle!.
I really got lucky for my birthday this year. I got a load from upstate New York down to Louisville, KY. The nice thing about this trip was that I got to go down through Ohio. My sister lives in the Columbus area and I had some extra time so I stopped at a truck stop there and she came over to pick me up. Had a great day and got to see Shea and Chet, Renee, BG and Kendra, Bethany and Ryan and Mary. My brother-in-law Doug took me around the area where we used to live years ago then fired up the grill for some good steaks that evening. They even bought me a cake! It was a good birthday. I took a few pictures and put them in the family section of the photo gallery.
Especially when I have to scrape them off the window! I was driving on I-40 in New Mexico the other evening when I heard what sounded like small hail slowly begin hitting the truck. As it turns out that quite loud thumping sound, that was increasing in intensity, was actually some large brown beetle like bug. Similar to the June Bug of northern Michigan this time of year. Anyway these things began hitting like a hail storm. Now I scrubbed many a bug off my windows in this truck but I have never seen the size and numbers of these things in one swarm. After about 5 miles of this bombardment I had to stop and clean the drivers window at a rest area. Check out the pictures below. Now keep in mind that I JUST HAD THE TRUCK WASHED! So, what you are seeing is 98 percent from this swarm.
Back to the truck wash!
On this first trip to the East Coast I was able to meet up with one of my oldest and best friends. I caught up with Mike in Austinburg, OH along I-90. We took some pictures of our two trucks together. Here is one of them with Mike standing between them. His nice rig is the one on the right. My bug covered rig is the red one… of course. Mike and I have known each other since high school back in Rudyard, MI. Yes, that was a few years ago!
Yes the water is almost over the road here. This was on I-80 by Des Moines, IA
My next trip is from Rooseveltown, New York to Lewisport, Kentucky. I am hauling a load of bulk aluminum. I will be there on Monday and then I am off to Fresno, CA. I am so happy that I am getting the miles I have been wanting for so long. As they say in trucking: “If the wheels ain’t Turning… I ain’t Earning”.